Best of 2005 | MOJO

I don't think MOJO is quite at the level of excellence it was maybe four years ago when they could make stories on old bands I never cared about interesting, but it's probably still the best music magazine in publication. (Actually, WORD is better, but it is more contemporary and though it covers movies and some TV as well.) Despite having at least one of the Beatles on the cover every four issues, they still seem to have their finger on the pulse... even if some of their choices for Best of 2005 seem a bit safe. They didn't do a singles/tracks list, but they did do Top Tens for different genres.

MOJO's Top 50 Albums of 2005
1. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Kate Bush - Aerial
4. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
5. My Morning Jacket - Z
6. Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
7. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
8. Malcolm Middleton - Into the Woods
9. Amadou & Mairam - Dimanche A Bamako
10. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
11. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
12. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
13. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
14. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me, Satan
15. The Go Betweens - Oceans Apart
16. Black Mountain - Black Mountain
17. U2 - How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
18. Gorillaz - Demon Days
19. Robert Plant And the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger
20. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
21. Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made
22. Konono No.1 - Congotronics
23. Circulus - The Lick On A Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent
24. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
25. Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
26. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
27. Sigur Ros - Takk
28. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
29. M.I.A. - Arular
30. Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - In The Heart Of The Moon
31. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
32. Paul Weller - As Is Now
33. Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
34. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
35. Goldfrapp - Supernature
36. The Reverend Al Green - Everything's OK
37. Coldplay - X&Y
38. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
39. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
40. Supergrass - Road To Rouen
41. Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love
42. Phantom Buffalo - Shishimumu
43. John Legend - Get Lifted
44. Joy Zipper - The Heartlight Set
45. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love
46. Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep
47. Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
48. Six Organs of Admittance - School Of The Flower
49. Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die
50. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

Comments

[sOLITARY mAN]

the new Neil Diamond allbum is about a million times better then the new Neil Young album.Too bad some "cool" publications dont have the guts to give props to 12 Songs.Well,not being "in" is what makes Neil Diamond cool.Nothing cooler then being the outsider!

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In MOJO's defense, as far as the Neils are concerned, it doesn't look like 12 Songs has been released in the UK yet, so it wasn't eligible for their 2005 list.

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